World Car Awards: These Are The Finalists

The top finalists in all 6 categories of the prestigious 2017 World Car Awards have been announced.

Following a recent first round of voting by over 80 international motoring journalists that make up its jury, the World Car Awards (WCA) organisation has revealed the top finalists for the 2018 honours. The jury, including Cars.co.za's Hannes Oosthuizen, the only South African representative, will now have until January to vote on the winners which will be announced at the New York Auto Show at the end of March 2018.

At a quick glance, it looks like Land Rover's Discovery and the new Volkswagen Polo have a particularly strong shot at overall victory. Volkswagen has 3 cars in with a shot, but Kia has the most with 4 candidates. Other strong contenders include the Peugeot 3008, Alfa Giulia or the Volvo XC60.

Click on the names of the cars for more information, where available.

2018 World Car of the Year Finalists

Could the Peugeot 3008, current European Car of the Year champ do the double?

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Ashley has been riding or driving some sort of motorised vehicle since his 4th birthday when he got a Yamaha PW50. Equipped with years of racing experience, Ashley took up journalism and became a writer for some of South Africa’s best motoring magazines and online publications. He is SA’s first (and only) GT Academy winner having raced professionally overseas. He now serves as Road Test Editor at Cars.co.za, putting his wealth of racing and driving experience to good use.